Value addition of green tea with nutraceuticals - an acceptability study

Thilagamani.S; Surya.V

doi:10.46947/joaasr322021145

Authors

Thilagamani.S Assistant Professor( SG), Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore – 641 043, Tamil Nadu
Surya.V PG Student, Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore – 641 043, Tamil Nadu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46947/joaasr322021145

Keywords:

Nutraceuticals, Antioxidant, Limonoids, Gingerol

Abstract

Green tea is manufactured from the leaves of the plant camellia sinensis and has been regarded to
high polyphenol and antioxidant activity. Today consumers are strongly concerned about their food
habits, health and lifestyle with globalization and economic development and further on the quality
of life. It is commonly brewed along with vitamin c and immune stimulating properties which plays
a positive role to maintain the antioxidant potential. Lemon peel and ginger can serve as an excellent
medium for supplementation of green tea for the formulation of nutraceutical by value addition with
limonoids and gingerol to overcoming the astringent taste of green tea. The present study was
proposed to develop a nutraceutical food by blending lemon peel and ginger to green tea. Various
proportions of lemon peel and ginger was formulated and tried for acceptability of the tea and
standardised. The formulations were analysed for the sensory as well as nutritional value. Value
addition green tea displayed the high values for antioxidant (DPPH), calcium. Value addition green
tea with an increasing concentration of lemon peel and ginger resulted in a reduction on flavonoid
content, and antioxidant, calcium, vitamin A increased in the new blend tea. The value addition tea
was packaged as dips for six grams and was listed for acceptability. Tea bag is processed specifically
to increase the surface area to extract the flavor and nutrients quickly. The overall acceptability were
selected by twenty five adolescents is without the palm sugar. The Variation with most acceptability
was 1.2 gram of green tea, 1.2 gram of lemon peel powder and 2.5 gram of ginger powder per
portion serving.. The mean score for overall acceptability of product, Variation 1 (V1) was 7.12 the
highest score acceptable. A blend of nutraceuticals like Limonoids and Gingerol can significantly
reduce body weight by decreasing fat in obese individuals and further studies are required to
establish a long-term efficacy.